CITY SANITATION PLAN - Ministry of Urban Development

KEY ISSUES
The critical issues that emerge from the existence of multiple agencies include:
Spatial and functional fragmentation
Overlapping functions
Multiple accountability lines
High service delivery gaps and
Increasing Urban poverty
CITY SANITATION PLAN BAREILLY
Lack of clarity in local functions: The Constitution 74th Amendment Act, 1992 envisages that the
functions listed in 12th schedule of the Constitution is entrusted to elected municipalities. This is
with a view to minimize ambiguities and overlapping functions between local bodies and other
authorities. However, in practice, several agencies are responsible for the functions and in some
cases local bodies have no role.
Inter-institutional conflicts: The large number of departments, institutions, agencies and officers
undertaking similar, related and overlapping functions or the functions not clearly defined lead to
conflicts in operation. Moreover the various agencies over the same or overlapping jurisdiction and
are not in a position to understand and evaluate the backward and forward linkages associated with
these functions.
Municipal-Parastatal Coordination: There is a lack of coordination between urban local bodies and
parastatals in areas such as inter-municipal, inter district and inter-state roads, Storm water drainage
and sewerage, common amenities like whole -sale markets, truck terminals, bus stations, garbage
dumping yards, landfill sites. The real problem is noticed in plan implementation. No clearly defined
mechanism exists to take up such works in an integrated manner taking into account the
geographical factors.
Managerial Coordination Issues: There are many managers connected with metropolitan service
delivery and infrastructure management. All these make the task of metropolitan management
highly complex and difficult. In addition to general coordination between urban and rural local
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